News

24/01/2018

The Check Up Point needs your support

As from this year, and after 6 years of providing free advice about child seat installation, the Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez will request for a minimum contribution after visiting the Check-Up Point in order to make the service self-sustainable.

The Check-Up Point is an activity that the Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez is carrying out since 2012. In it, staff from the organization trained by Safe Kids Worldwide, provide advice to adults in charge of transporting children in private vehicles about the correct installation of Child Restraint Systems (CRS) - child seats or boosters - for their children to travel safely.

For 6 years this service was provided uninterruptedly and free of charge at the Automobile Club of Uruguay (ACU). This organization´s facilities on Colonia and Yí are used by the Fundación to conduct this activity safely.

Between 2012 and 2017, more than 3500 child seats were checked for free both in Montevideo and in all the different locations throughout the country promoting the use of CRSs.

The Fundación has also trained more than 320 traffic police officers from several provinces in order to decentralize the service in the medium and short term through the implementation of Check Up Points nationwide.

Check Up Points and Training Sessions in the provinces will continue taking place in 2018 sponsored by the BSE and coordinated by provincial governments; these events will continue to be free of charge.

Up to 2017 the Check Up Point, which was permanently available to the public, was financed by international funds no longer available to the Fundación. It is because of this that as from 2018 and aiming to ensure the continuity of such an important service for the community, the Fundación has no other option but to request for a minimum contribution in order to cover the activity´s costs.

To visit the Check Up Point you should book your place on our website, filling in the form.

Why should children travel on a Child Restraint System?

The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez, through research and training sessions, helped pushing the mandatory use of Child Restraint Systems (CRS) up the public agenda.